Post by becdecorbin on Dec 25, 2013 20:36:11 GMT -5
Saber Tooth Tiger. The first kit of its kind where I experimented with putty. circa 1979. STT comes with an inexplicable hole in his chest and no back to his throat. I got the bright idea to create a pallet, but in doing so, I broke off part of the tiger's tongue.
Well, the hole in his chest was filled regardless of any other damage and I held onto STT because most of the others of his vintage has been sneakily thrown into the trash. Later, he got a bath in brake fluid in the 90s to lose his original paint job.
Prices online for a replacement tiger and costs at model shows were prohibitive. I held onto STT like I had no other kit. He was small enough to hide and carry around from move to move.
It was only very recently when I got back into finishing this kit. I bought a replacement two years ago, but I worked with the old tiger, broken tongue and all. A difficult kit to pose. Blame Aurora. STT's legs come off when they're in fairly realistic poses and I never had the heart to cement them in place.
His head really should have been a separate entity. I thought of using stretched clear plastic sprue for whiskers, but decided against over-detailing.
With a lull in work and a new air compressor, I got back to work. He still isn't finished. But he's close enough to upload a photo or two.
Freak Flex Rotten Tooth Tan is his basic body color.
Well, the hole in his chest was filled regardless of any other damage and I held onto STT because most of the others of his vintage has been sneakily thrown into the trash. Later, he got a bath in brake fluid in the 90s to lose his original paint job.
Prices online for a replacement tiger and costs at model shows were prohibitive. I held onto STT like I had no other kit. He was small enough to hide and carry around from move to move.
It was only very recently when I got back into finishing this kit. I bought a replacement two years ago, but I worked with the old tiger, broken tongue and all. A difficult kit to pose. Blame Aurora. STT's legs come off when they're in fairly realistic poses and I never had the heart to cement them in place.
His head really should have been a separate entity. I thought of using stretched clear plastic sprue for whiskers, but decided against over-detailing.
With a lull in work and a new air compressor, I got back to work. He still isn't finished. But he's close enough to upload a photo or two.
Freak Flex Rotten Tooth Tan is his basic body color.
